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Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, by Gabrielle Zevin

100 reviews

aseel_reads's review

emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

it took me two attempts to start this because the beginning was quite slow but once i pushed through the first 50 pages, it became very addictive. the story is raw, heartbreaking, and real. i think i will be thinking about this one for a long time 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Injury/injury detail, Medical content, Cancer, Murder, Pregnancy, Antisemitism, Blood, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Car accident, Dementia, and Homophobia

bartlebies's review

dark emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Chronic illness, Death, Cancer, and Death of parent

anniesbookpicks's review

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, and Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Death of parent and Sexual violence

meredith_williams_'s review

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Death of parent, Sexual content, Grief, and Cursing

Moderate: Homophobia, Cancer, Pregnancy, Car accident, Infidelity, Abortion, Blood, and Sexism

Minor: Vomit

manonh90's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I loved this book so much! Great characters, cozy feelings mixed with heavy topics, and a nice insight into the gaming industry. It's full of symbolism and details too,

Spoiler

the chapters in the part were Sam and Sadie drift apart being separated in parts a and b was -brilliant-, for example

. Great read, would highly recommend! Do mind the trigger warnings though. 
The design of the book itself was nice too: beautiful cover, and the book lies open beautifully. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Medical content, Mental illness, Death, Death of parent, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/injury detail, Medical trauma, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Mass/school shootings, Toxic friendship, Cancer, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Vomit, and Violence

prynne31's review against another edition

dark reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

The writing was great, but I disliked the characters immensely. PLEASE CHECK THE CWs!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Chronic illness, Grief, Injury/injury detail, Death of parent, Blood, Violence, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Vomit, Gun violence, and Sexual content

Moderate: Abortion, Homophobia, Racism, and Sexism

Minor: Cancer, Infidelity, Drug use, and Cultural appropriation

momalley215's review

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness and Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Cancer, and Sexual harassment

lexarch's review

adventurous emotional inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Mass/school shootings, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Misogyny

Minor: Cancer

st61826's review

emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

Moderate: Pregnancy and Cancer

Minor: Abortion and Sexism

woolgatherer's review against another edition

emotional sad tense medium-paced

3.5

I‘m definitely in the minority here when I say that the book was okay, at best. I wanted to like this book more than I actually did, especially because it was about video games. Honestly, it was probably because it was about video games that I was driven to finish this book. Besides this, though, I felt that the book really started to fall apart at the seams around the halfway mark, and barely held together by the end of the book.

While there is a plot of sorts, it read to me as though Zevin wanted her book to be character-driven. I think she was fairly successful on this front, but it was not without fault. I was really looking forward to her dive into a very complicated friendship mired with platonic love and frustration. I thought the first portion of the book did an excellent job with this, so, it was a bit of a disappointment that what could have been a rich exploration of such friendships ended up being an unrequited love kind of situation. It felt like a lazy choice to me. I was also frustrated with how Sam and Sadie’s relationships with other characters played out, which, frankly, felt very much so like how one would interact with NPCs. It was especially the case with Marx (who was too perfect for comfort), whose role in the book later on came off as an insensitive (and, frankly, manipulative) plot device to push Sadie’s story further.

I also think another thing working against Zevin was that she was too ambitious with the second half of the novel. There was too much she wanted to explore beyond characters and their relationships with one another that she kept introducing. Notably (to me), she wanted to tackle various sociopolitical issues as well. I would have rather she tackled one or two issues rather than several surface-level discussions that left a lot to be desired.

I think it’s still worth checking out this book, especially if you love video games. Also, while I had my issues with the content, I think Zevin is a rather good writer, and I thought the way she experimented with the structure of the book was quite fascinating.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Death, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Gun violence

Moderate: Sexual assault and Gaslighting

Minor: Eating disorder, Cancer, and Drug use